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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 10, 2021Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 4:56 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2021, 4:56 PM MST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 5:45 PM MST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Phoenix, AZ (KPSR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phoenix, AZ at 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

554 
WUUS55 KPSR 102356
SVRPSR
AZC013-110045-
/O.NEW.KPSR.SV.W.0045.210810T2356Z-210811T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
456 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Maricopa County in south central Arizona...

* Until 545 PM MST.

* At 456 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wickenburg,
  moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wickenburg, Circle City and Morristown. 

This includes the following highways...
US Highway 60 between mile markers 100 and 127.
AZ Route 74 between mile markers 1 and 7.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 11269 3392 11244 3377 11257 3388 11296
      3400 11285 3400 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 023DEG 8KT 3395 11269 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

AJ
1 follow-up statement
384 
WWUS55 KPSR 110008
SVSPSR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Phoenix AZ
508 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

AZC013-110045-
/O.CON.KPSR.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210811T0045Z/
Maricopa AZ-
508 PM MST Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MST
FOR MARICOPA COUNTY...

At 506 PM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wickenburg,
moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Small hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Wickenburg, Circle City and Morristown. 

This includes the following highways...
US Highway 60 between mile markers 100 and 127.
AZ Route 74 between mile markers 1 and 7.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move indoors to sturdy shelter immediately. Very 
heavy rain will accompany the storm and may cause flooding of 
streets and low lying areas. 

&&

LAT...LON 3398 11269 3392 11244 3377 11257 3388 11296
      3400 11285 3400 11273
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 023DEG 8KT 3393 11270 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:24 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 9, 5:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz46 min
Aug 9, 6:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR38 min
Aug 9, 10:11 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila34 min
Aug 9, 10:40 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRGila4 hr
Aug 9, 11:51 PM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa8 hr
Aug 10, 1:40 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa50 min
Aug 10, 1:54 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa51 min
Aug 10, 2:15 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa45 min
Aug 10, 2:23 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal2 hr
Aug 10, 4:27 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz48 min
Aug 10, 5:07 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz53 min
Aug 10, 5:09 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz2 hr
Aug 10, 5:52 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal5 hr
Aug 10, 6:21 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz39 min
Aug 10, 7:39 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 10, 8:00 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 10, 8:06 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa4 hr
Aug 10, 8:30 AM MSTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPSRMaricopa, Pinal7 hr
Aug 10, 9:54 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 10, 3:05 PM MSTAreal Flood WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal7 hr
Aug 10, 4:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR62 min
Aug 10, 4:44 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR61 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.